Port deposit granite quarry 1918

Port Deposit Maryland is a very small town in Eastern Maryland on the banks of the Susquehanna River.  The town lies between the river and tall bluffs.  One of the principal industries for the town was a granite quarry.  In the early years it was a source of granite for town buildings, but as time went on they supplied granite for many cities in Maryland including Baltimore.

There was a long succession of railroads chartered that served Port Deposit, all eventually swallowed up by other railroads, and ultimately the Pennsylvania railroad.  One of the last of the small railroads was the Columbia and Port deposit railroad.

One of the important businesses in the town was the Tome School located above the town.  Another was the Bainbridge Naval Training Center also above the town.  Both are now long gone.

The platform scale company is in progress and I am working on the higher rear structure first.